Is there a moderator who can help with this? I just saw a post at the top of the active listing on BH.SE with my "nic" on it - but I hadn't contributed!
What is the reasoning behind the design decision to allow users to create a display name which matches another existing users exactly?
This is opposed to the common practice of enforcing unique user names, and I'd really like to learn something.
As I state in the question, is there a StackExchange (or BH.SE) policy about how to supplement a good and sufficient answer in a way that will add relevant information and depth of knowledge?
I have an example, an answer I posted to supplement one by Niobius.
I upvoted Niobius, and added my mat...
@JackDouglas Right - so our "virtual faces" are different (as it were). No doubt our real faces are different, too. Thanks for the link to the Meta Meta - helpful. It's just that in a list of questions, you don't see faces: one "Bloggs" I might be eager to read, another "Bloggs" perhaps not -- but I'm sure this has long be hashed over in SE meta's, and that answers my question. Thanks!
@David If you are happy using your full name, that usually gets around the problem (unless it is Smith :) or many folk make up a nickname. I hope you find an answer that suits you
and may I say I'm delighted you are contributing here, I hope you are enjoying doing so
What is the reasoning behind the design decision to allow users to create a display name which matches another existing users exactly?
This is opposed to the common practice of enforcing unique user names, and I'd really like to learn something.
As I state in the question, is there a StackExchange (or BH.SE) policy about how to supplement a good and sufficient answer in a way that will add relevant information and depth of knowledge?
I have an example, an answer I posted to supplement one by Niobius.
I upvoted Niobius, and added my mat...
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